Chakravyuha (1983 film)

Chakravyuha
Directed by	V. Somashekhar
Produced by	N. Veeraswamy
Written by	M. D. Sundar
Starring	Ambareesh Ambika Vajramuni
Music by	Sankar Ganesh
Cinematography	R. Chittibabu
Edited by	Yadav Victor
Production company	Eshwari Productions
Release date	1983
Running time	146 min
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Chakravyuha (Kannada: ಚಕ್ರವ್ಯೂಹ) is a 1983 Kannada film directed by V. Somashekhar. The film stars Ambareesh and Ambika in lead roles. This film marked the entry of popular actor Mukhyamantri Chandru into films. Produced by N. Veeraswamy for Eshwari Productions, this film also starred his son V. Ravichandran in a small role. Actor Tiger Prabhakar also featured in an extended cameo role.

The film, upon release, met with hugely positive reviews and catapulted actor Ambareesh's career to greater heights and coined him the title "Rebel Star" for his angry young man role.

The film's huge success inspired other language industries and was subsequently remade in Bollywood as Inquilaab (1984) starring Amitabh Bachchan and Sridevi and in Telugu as Mukhyamanthri.

The music was composed by Sankar Ganesh with lyrics by Chi. Udaya Shankar. All the songs composed for the film were received extremely well, especially "Chali Chali" and the title song are considered as evergreen songs. The song "Nija Heluvenu Amma" was adapted from "Toothpaste Irukku" which was composed by the duo for the Tamil film Ranga.